Joshua Henry Davey (born 3 August 1990) is a Scottish cricketer,[1] who plays for Somerset County Cricket Club having previously played for Middlesex as well as representing his country in One Day Internationals (ODIs) and Twenty20 Internationals. He is a right-handed batsman and right-arm medium pace bowler. He was educated at South Lee Prep School and then Culford School, in Suffolk.
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| Full name | Joshua Henry Davey | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 3 August 1990 Aberdeen, Scotland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium-fast | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Bowler | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| ODI debut (cap 40) | 15 June 2010 v Netherlands | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 15 December 2019 v UAE | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ODI shirt no. | 38 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| T20I debut (cap 28) | 24 July 2012 v Bangladesh | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last T20I | 21 October 2022 v Zimbabwe | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| T20I shirt no. | 38 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2010–2013 | Middlesex (squad no. 24) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2013 | → Hampshire (on loan) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014–present | Somerset (squad no. 38) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023 | → Leicestershire (on loan) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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County career
editIn April 2010, Davey made his county debut for Middlesex against Northamptonshire in the Clydesdale Bank 40 competition.[2] He made his first-class debut a month later against Oxford University Cricket Club, he scored two fifties in the match and shared an opening partnership of 192 with Sam Robson in the first innings.[3]
On 15 April 2014, Davey was awarded a summer contract for the 2014 season with Somerset.
International career
editOn 15 June 2010, Davey made his ODI debut against the Netherlands. Opening the batting, he scored 24 and coming on as first change took 1/27 from seven overs.[4] In his fourth ODI, he returned figures of 5/9 in 7.2 overs against Afghanistan.[5] This is the best bowling analysis for Scotland in ODIs.[6]
On 14 January 2015, Davey added his name to the list of outstanding all round performances in an ODI by scoring 53 not out and picking 6 wickets for 28 runs against Afghanistan at Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi in a triangular series which also involved Ireland.[7]
In September 2019, he was named in Scotland's squad for the 2019 ICC T20 World Cup Qualifier tournament in the United Arab Emirates.[8] In September 2021, Davey was named in Scotland's provisional squad for the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup.[9]
References
edit- ^ "Associate player roundup from Round 2 of the Bob Willis Trophy". Emerging Cricket. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
- ^ Northamptonshire v Middlesex, Clydesdale Bank 40 2010 (Group B), CricketArchive, Retrieved on 28 August 2010
- ^ Oxford University Centre of Cricketing Excellence v Middlesex, University Centres of Cricketing Excellence 2010, CricketArchive, Retrieved on 28 August 2010
- ^ Netherlands v Scotland, Scotland in Netherlands 2010 (Only ODI), CricketArchive, Retrieved on 28 August 2010
- ^ Scotland v Afghanistan, Afghanistan in Scotland 2010 (2nd ODI), CricketArchive, Retrieved on 28 August 2010
- ^ Four or More Wickets in an Innings for Scotland in ODI Cricket Archived 3 December 2008 at the Wayback Machine, CricketArchive, Retrieved on 28 August 2010
- ^ "Three New Somerset Contracts". Somerset County Cricket Club. 15 April 2014. Archived from the original on 16 April 2014. Retrieved 15 April 2014.
- ^ "Squads announced for T20I Tri-Series in Ireland and ICC Men's T20 World Cup Qualifier". Cricket Scotland. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
- ^ "Captain Coetzer leads Scotland squad to ICC Men's T20 World Cup". Cricket Scotland. Retrieved 9 September 2021.